Vehicle companies are working on lowering the number of distracted drivers.
Michael Cole, sales manager at Kelleher Ford, says car companies have different technology so drivers can focus on the road.
One kind of technology can be set to a do not disturb mode, which will block your phone from giving you notifications.
Pre-recorded messages that say “I can’t talk I’m driving” or whatever you set it to will get sent out if someone tries to contact you.
There’s another option that newer vehicles have where they will read your text to you at the push of a button if you are driving so you can avoid being distracted while driving.
Cole says the car companies are trying everything they can.
“The biggest thing is being mindful of what you’re driving. You’re driving something incredibly dangerous on the road and we need to be very careful on what we’re doing with it.”
